Documentaries from Zac Manuel, Garrett Bradley, Dilsey Davis and more highlight a difficult year taking its furtive steps back into a potentially post-COVID world.
Tribeca 2021: “Accepted” looks at American education’s racial divide
Dan Chen's documentary starts as a celebration of unexpected Black success, but pulls back the curtain to ask more enticing questions about the racial inequities in education.
SXSW 2021 Doc Competition: “Subjects of Desire”, “United States vs. Reality Winner”
From depictions of Black beauty to the ethics of whistleblowing, two female-focused docs out of SXSW struggle to hammer home a central message. (This dispatch..